The recruitment locality index specifies when & where military units were recruiting in different areas of the Austrian monarchy. The following table was extracted from the charts: Uebersicht der Werb-(Ergänzungs-) Bezirks - Eintheilung von 1781 bis 1889 found in book of Alphons Wrede: Geschicht des K. und K. Wehrmacht Vol. 1. Data for the years 1898 & 1909 were compiled from recruitment maps from those years.

Bohemian Infantry Recruitment District Assignments

Old Districts(Werbbezirks)

1781

1807

1817

1830

1853

1857

1860

1867

New Districts(Ergänzungsbezirks)

1883

1898

1909

České BudějoviceBudweis

10

54

54

11

11

11

11

11

České BudějoviceBudweis

91

91

91

TáborTabor

10

54

54

11

11

11

75

75

Jindřichův HradecNeuhaus

75

75

75

KouřimKaurzim

11

11

11, 18, 21

11

11

11

-

-

BenišovBeneschau

102

102

102

ČáslavCaslau

28

21, 28

11, 18, 21

21

21

21

21

21

ČáslavCaslau

21

21

21

ChrudimChrudim

15

21, 28

11, 18, 21

21

21

21

21

21

Vysoké MýtoHohenmauth

98

98

98

Hradec KrálovéKönnigrätz

57

21, 28

-

18

18

18

18

18

Hradec KrálovéKönnigrätz

18

18

18

BydžovBidsow

21

18

11, 18, 21

-

-

-

74

74

JičínJičín

74

74

74

BoleslavBunzlau

18

17

36

36

36

36

36

36

Mladá BoleslavJungbunzlau

36

36

36

LitoměřiceLeitmeritz

17

36

42

42

42

42

42

42

TerezínTheresienstadt

42

42

42

ŽatecSaaz

36

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

ChomutovKomotau

92

92

92

ChebEger

42

42

42

42

42

42

73

73

ChebEger

73

73

73

PlzeňPilsen

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

PlzeňPilsen

35

35

35

KlatovyKlattau

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

PísekPisek

11

11

11

PrácheňPrachin

25

25

25

25

11

11

11

11

BerounBeraun

54

47

28

28

28

28

28

28

BerounBeraun

88

88

88

RakovníkRakonitz

47

47

28

28

28

28

28

28

PraguePrag

28

28

28

TurnovTurnau

94

94

94

Moravian & Silesian Infantry Recruitment District Assignments

Old Districts(Werbbezirks)

1781

1807

1817

1830

1853

1857

1860

1867

New Districts(Ergänzungsbezirks)

1883

1898

1909

JihlavaIglau

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

JihlavaIglau

81

81

81

ZnojmoZnaym

22

22

8

8

8

8

8

8

ZnojmoZnaym

99

99

99

BrnoBrünn

29

29, 10

29

8

8

8

8

8

BrnoBrünn

8

8

8

Olomouc – UpperOlmütz Oberteil

12

12

12

54

54

54

54

54

OlomoucOlmütz

54

54

54

Olomouc – LowerOlmütz Unterteil

1

15

12

54

54

54

54

54

ŠumperkMärisch Schöenberg

93

93

93

Uherské HradištěHradisch

40

40

-

3

3

3

3

3

KroměřížKremsier

3

3

3

PřerovPrerau

7

7, 1

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

OpavaTroppau

20

20, 57

57

29

1

1

1

1

OpavaTroppau

1

1

1

TěšinTeschen

56

56

57

29

1

1

1

1

TěšinTeschen

100

100

100

Infantry Recruitment districts on the Czech territory at the beginning of the 20th century

K. u. K. Armee (common army)

K.K. Landwehr (Landdefense)

Recruitment districts were established as part of Maria Theresia's military reforms in 1770, along with census enumerations and house numbering. Originally they were demarcated to cover several parishes but, especially in the 18th century, the boundaries changed many times. By the mid-1800s, the recruitment districts were more or less stabilized, enough so that they gave shape to new political districts that were established in 1850 after the downfall of feudalism. One recruitment district comprised several political units. The map above, which reflects the situation at the beginning of the 20th century, shows which political districts were contained within the recruitment district boundaries. Using the database below, one can look up the village of an ancestor and determine to which political district it belonged, or use a filter to find which villages were included in a particular political district. Using the recruitment locality index, you can determine which regiment the inhabitants of a village most probably served, providing they were in the infantry, which was the most common assignment. This tool is helpful from the 1880s till 1918, when the boundaries of the political districts were more or less consistent. For older times this can only provide a suggestion of where to look.